Here's one way that commuters can demand action on NYC's ailing subway

See how the Riders Alliance is looking to initiate swift change on the city's subways

Over the weekend, the New York Times published a feature on the city's crumbling subway system, chronicling the decades of mismanagement and politics that have hobbled the subway and the MTA.

And coincidentally, on Monday morning, the transit advocacy group Riders Alliance channeled commuters' frustration over the failing transit system into a new campaign that's meant to send a strong message to Governor Andrew Cuomo to bring comprehensive fixes to the subway.

Following a press conference in the morning, members of the Riders Alliance began handing out packets of cards called "Subway Delay Action Kits," to commuters at Grand Central Terminal. The card briefly outlines the problems with the subway, asks riders to sign a petition addressed to Governor Cuomo to fix the subway, and to tweet at Cuomo when they're stuck on a train or delayed because of the subway.

The Riders Alliance had printed out 200 of these "Subway Delay Action Kits" on Monday, and plans to print thousands more in the coming days.

Via Riders Alliance

This is what the Subway Delay Action Kit looks like.

Lauren Houston, a Riders Alliance member described her frustrating commute just this morning at Monday's press conference, when she was delayed taking the subway from Church Avenue in Brooklyn. "I get on the subway every morning not knowing if or when I'll get to work," she said.

The Riders Alliance hopes that Cuomo will begin the 2018 legislative session by presenting a comprehensive plan to fix and modernize the subway, whether it be through congestion pricing or a millionaires tax, and to make the subway more accessible to all.

Tanay Warerkar

From the press conference on Monday morning.

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